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vague - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: vague
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not definite or clear
Synonyms: ambiguous, amorphous, bleary, cloudy, dark, dim, doubtful, dreamlike, dubious, enigmatic, equivocal, faint, fuzzy, hazy, ill-defined, impalpable, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, inexplicable, lax, loose, misunderstood, muddy, nebulous, obscure, perplexing, problematic, puzzling, questionable, shadowy, superficial, tenebrous, uncertain, unclear, undetermined, unintelligible, unknown, unsettled, unspecified, unsure, amphibological, bewildering, blurred, generalized, imprecise, unexplicit
Antonyms: certain, clear, definite, sure
Main Entry: abstruse
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: difficult to understand
Synonyms: abstract, complex, complicated, deep, enigmatic, esoteric, heavy*, hidden, incomprehensible, intricate, involved, muddy, obscure, perplexing, profound, puzzling, recondite, subtle, unfathomable, vague, Greek to me, clear as dishwater
Antonyms: clear, concrete, easy, lucid, obvious, plain, simple
Main Entry: ambiguous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: having more than one meaning
Synonyms: cryptic, doubtful, dubious, enigmatic, equivocal, inconclusive, indefinite, indeterminate, muddy, obscure, opaque, puzzling, questionable, tenebrous, uncertain, unclear, unintelligible, vague, clear as dishwater, enigmatical, inexplicit, multivocal, polysemous
Notes: ambiguous is vague by accident or intent; equivocal is vague by intent
Antonyms: clear, definite, explicit, lucid
Main Entry: amorphous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: without definite shape, character
Synonyms: baggy, formless, inchoate, indeterminate, irregular, nebulous, nondescript, shapeless, unformed, unstructured, vague, blobby, characterless, unshaped
Antonyms: definite, distinct, distinctive, shapely, shaped
Main Entry: cryptic
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: secret; obscure in meaning
Synonyms: abstruse, ambiguous, apocryphal, arcane, cabalistic, dark, enigmatic, equivocal, esoteric, evasive, hidden, incomprehensible, inexplicable, murky, mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, opaque, oracular, perplexing, puzzling, recondite, secretive, strange, tenebrous, unclear, unfathomable, vague, veiled, Delphian, Delphic, mystifying, uninformative
Antonyms: clear, obvious, plain, straightforward, seen
Main Entry: equivocal
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: doubtful, uncertain
Synonyms: ambiguous, ambivalent, borderline, disreputable, dubious, evasive, fishy*, fuzzy*, hazy*, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, misleading, muddled, oblique, obscure, open, problematic, puzzling, questionable, suspect, suspicious, tenebrous, unclear, undecided, unintelligible, vague, amphibological, clear as mud, clouded, muzzy, unexplicit, with mixed feelings
Antonyms: certain, clear, definite, determined, obvious, plain, sure, unequivocal, unquestionable
Main Entry: evasive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: deceitful, tricky
Synonyms: ambiguous, cagey, cunning, deceptive, devious, elusive, false, fugitive, greasy, indirect, intangible, lying, misleading, oblique, shifty, slippery, sly, unclear, vague, casuistic, casuistical, dissembling, elusory, equivocating, prevaricating, shuffling, sophistical, stonewalling
Antonyms: direct, forthright, honest, ready, straight, straightforward
Main Entry: foggy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hazy, obscure
Synonyms: cloudy, dark, dim, filmy, fuzzy, gray, indistinct, misty, murky, mushy, nebulous, unclear, vague, vaporous, blurred, ceiling zero, closed in, clouded, fogged in, pea-soupy, smazy, smoggy, socked in, soupy, vapory, zero-zero
Antonyms: clear
Main Entry: hypothetical
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: guessed, assumed
Synonyms: academic, casual, conditional, conjectural, contingent, debatable, disputable, doubtful, equivocal, imaginary, imagined, indefinite, indeterminate, presumptive, pretending, problematic, putative, questionable, speculative, supposed, suspect, theoretical, uncertain, vague, assumptive, concocted, conjecturable, contestable, postulated, presupposed, provisory, refutable, stochastic, suppositional, suppositious, theoretic, unconfirmed
Antonyms: calculated, confirmed, factual, measured, proved, real, reliable, truthful, proven
Main Entry: impalpable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: intangible, unsubstantial
Synonyms: airy, delicate, fine, imperceptible, incorporeal, indiscernible, indistinct, insensible, insubstantial, nebulous, shadowy, tenuous, thin, vague, disembodied, imponderable, imprecise, inappreciable, unapparent, unobservable, unperceivable
Antonyms: palpable, perceptible, substantial, tangible, understandable, believeable
Main Entry: inarticulate
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unable to speak well
Synonyms: dumb, halting, hesitant, hesitating, inaudible, incoherent, incomprehensible, indistinct, muffled, mute, obscure, reticent, silent, speechless, tongue-tied, unclear, unintelligible, unspoken, vague, voiceless, blurred, faltering, maundering, mumbled, mumbling, stammering, unuttered, unvocal, unvoiced, wordless
Antonyms: articulate, communicative
Main Entry: inattentive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: negligent, not paying attention
Synonyms: absent, absentminded, apathetic, blind, bored, careless, distracted, distraught, diverted, dreamy, faraway, heedless, inadvertent, indifferent, listless, lost*, musing, neglectful, oblivious, off-guard*, preoccupied, rapt, regardless, remiss, removed, scatterbrained*, thoughtless, unconscious, unheeding, unmindful, unobservant, unthinking, vague, distrait, inobservant, out to lunch, undiscerning, unnoticing, unobserving, unperceiving, unwatchful
Antonyms: attentive, heedful, noticing, observant, looking
Main Entry: inconclusive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: up in the air
Synonyms: ambiguous, deficient, incomplete, indecisive, indeterminate, lacking, open, uncertain, unconvincing, undecided, uneventful, unfinished, unsatisfactory, unsettled, vague, unfateful
Antonyms: certain, conclusive, decisive, definite, sure
Main Entry: indistinct
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: obscure, ambiguous
Synonyms: bleary, confused, dark, dim, doubtful, faint, fuzzy, hazy, ill-defined, inaudible, inconspicuous, indefinite, indeterminate, indiscernible, indistinguishable, inexact, misty, muffled, murky, shadowy, unclear, undefined, undetermined, unheard, unintelligible, vague, weak, bleared, blurred, out of focus
Antonyms: apparent, certain, definite, discernible, distinct, evident, explicit, plain, positive, sure, defined
Main Entry: intangible
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: indefinite, obscured
Synonyms: abstract, abstruse, airy, dim, elusive, ethereal, evanescent, evasive, hypothetical, impalpable, imperceptible, incorporeal, indeterminate, insensible, invisible, rare, shadowy, slender, slight, uncertain, unreal, unsubstantial, unsure, vague, eluding, evading, imponderable, inappreciable, unapparent, unobservable
Antonyms: definite, obvious, palpable, perceptible, tangible
Main Entry: lax
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: slack, remiss
Synonyms: broad, careless, casual, delinquent, derelict, devil-may-care*, easygoing, flaccid, forgetful, general, inaccurate, indefinite, indifferent, inexact, lenient, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, regardless, shapeless, slipshod, sloppy, soft, unmindful, vague, yielding, any way, asleep on job, behindhand, disregardful, imprecise, nonspecific, overindulgent, paying no mind
Antonyms: hard, rigid, strict, tight
Main Entry: meaningless
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: without use, value, worth
Synonyms: absurd, aimless, blank, doesn't cut it, double-talk*, doublespeak, empty, feckless, fustian, futile, good-for-nothing, hollow, hot air*, inane, inconsequential, insignificant, insubstantial, nonsensical, nothing, nugatory, pointless, purportless, purposeless, senseless, trifling, trivial, unimportant, unmeaning, unpurposed, useless, vacant, vague, vain, valueless, vapid, worthless
Antonyms: meaningful, significant, useful, valuable, worthwhile
Main Entry: misty
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: filmy, obscure
Synonyms: bleary, cloudy, dark, dim, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, indistinct, murky, mushy, nebulous, opaque, overcast, unclear, vague, vaporous, blurred, closed in, clouded, dewy, enveloped, shrouded, socked in, soupy
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